Ice lanterns photo by Ken Scott

Lutheran Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland.

The story goes that 1000 blankets were expected at this yarnbombing event in Helsinki, Finland, but ended up with 7800 and used only about half the pile. After the yarnbombing event all the blankets were donated to the safe house movement.

Thinking of a trip to Finland? You’ll have a ticket to Helsinki booked once you finish marveling at these 30 amazing Finland travel photos.

Mökillä - Finnish carpets - traditionally woven from scraps of left-over material called 'trasmattor'. My grandmother and some of her Finnish neighbors had a loom in a garage and they used to make rugs like these.